9677-06 Amend Chapter 2 - Article 18 - Set & Adjust feed for documents and services

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ORDINANCE NO. ~ ~' 7 ~'esO AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA AMENDING ARTICLE 18 OF CHAPTER 2 OF THE SOUTH BEND MUNICIPAL CODE TO SET AND ADJUST FEES FOR DOCUMENTS AND SERVICES STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT In 2000 the City of South Bend enacted an Ordinance establishing fees for various reports and documents of the City of South Bend, These fees should be reviewed and adjusted periodically to reflect increased costs of the production of these documents and other services. I.C. 36-1-3- 8(a)(6) gives the City the authority to set fees providing they are "reasonably related to reasonable and just rates and charges for services." These changes reflect those adjusted costs and establish costs for other services. The Ordinance provides one (1) new fee classification and amends the charge for an EMS report. I.C. 16-39-9-3 allows fora $15.00 minimum fee for producing medical reports, including EMS reports. Item 21 is a fee to be collected by and kept by the South Bend Police Department for handling tows made pursuant to its police powers. It does not apply to Code Enforcement tows and is in addition to the fees collected and charged by the private towing company. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the Common Council of the City of South Bend as follows: Section I. Chapter 2, Article 18, Section 2-210(a) of the Municipal Code of the City of South Bend is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows: (a) The following reasonable fees are established, to be paid by the requesting party not later than the time of delivery of each of these services or each of these documents described: 1. Each page of any document which is a Public Record under I.C. 5-14-3-2 which is not excepted from disclosure. $0.10 2. Motor vehicle accident reports. $5.00 3. Police Summary Report (a form of report which